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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
3
The La Crosse Tribune lists daily circulation figures for June 1908 with totals around 6,387 to 6,407 copies per day. The month shows a net decrease of 166,086 across the period.
The La Crosse delegation argues that party voters, not a convention, should choose the state ticket candidate. They favor a democratic process and would support Aylward if needed, but urge the convention to avoid endorsing any single candidate.
The Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee News clash over conventions. The Journal faults Democrats statewide for failing to vote in state candidate selections, accusing bosses of graft and indifference that undercuts the electoral process.
The Tribune lauds the Saengerbund visit to La Crosse as a beacon of unity and patriotism. It celebrates music as a holy force that binds people, praises the singers for their courage during hardships, and invites them to keep singing toward fellowship and enlightenment.
A Detroit Free Press verse recounts a cozy winter evening. The speaker notes frost on windows and snow outside while a family gathers around a warm fire. Children shout, a sleigh passes, and the narrator writes for a December magazine as the stove glows and warmth abides.
Mrs. Boorman Wells in New York describes a disorderly suffragist gathering. She recalls a tale of a nursery scene where children calmly respond as an elder boy explains they are filing and fitting grandma's teeth onto the baby.
The News argues Wisconsin Democrats hold a state convention representing rank and file to affirm direct nominations. It contrasts with Republicans where rings and back room conferences initiate candidates and slates without voter voice, urging a convention that allows voter confirmation at primaries.
A speaker recalls a date with an astronomer who extols moons and rings of planets. The exchange shifts to double and mutual attractions as the night ends with the scientist urging motion for safety. The poem blends celestial imagery with romance and irony from a St. Louis Globe-Democrat context.
In London Tit-Bits remarks, one says bagpipes spur soldiers to battle and stir combat bravado. A companion counters, noting street anecdotes that have sometimes made him feel inclined to fight.
A fragmented diary of financial woes and odd incidents from early November. Entries show an $800 overdraft, a confrontation with a dangerous lunatic, fainting at the office, a gambling style query, repeated small borrowings, and a shift toward frugality and charity with a Salvation Army reference.
A proprietor of a circulating library cites thrift on patrons as a joke by noting wear to a book. He examines a returned volume and discovers a hole on page nineteen and another on page twenty, illustrating the cost of wear.
The piece describes polygamy as customary, arguing multiple wives ease labor and child care. It notes low marriage ceremony presence among Ahiaras Onichas Abuwus and interior tribes, with bride price paid and larger families signaling wealth.
A Denver News brief recounts Willie asking Eddy Lake, the preacher’s son, for permission to spend a nickel on candy instead of placing it in the Sunday school contribution box. Eddy grants the allowance, prompting a family exchange on discipline and thrift.
The London Tribune recalls the feud between Sir Henry Irving and Beerbohm Tree. Irving, seeking a donkey with stage experience for a second act, interviews a cockney with a donkey that once acted with Tree. The tale ends with Irving hiring the ass after a bray in Tree's soliloquy.
An excerpt from Smart Set humorously recalls Captain Feebles shot in the back and living with a curved spine then growing a pension. He reforms by whitening whiskers and pursues a buxom widow who skillfully feigns elusiveness while staying an object of pursuit.
An old African American man explains his marriage history with humor. He notes past marriages in Tennessee and Alabama ended by stubborn partners, yet he claims he has never truly tried marriage in Georgia. The exchange appears in a Georgia newspaper humor column.
The pupil Bobby answers a perplexed teacher with a playful geography riff. He claims there are two zones male and female, describing temperate and intemperate for the male and frigid or torrid for the female.
In a foggy domestic scene Phil Calmont navigates pressure from Vic Morris and his ex National schoolmaster father Mr. Nunsby. Rose comforts him as Vida’s jealousy strains their bond while a quiet life at the Incubus pits contrasts with ambition and looming trouble at Glebe End.
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